What have I been doing with my time lately? I have been organizing all of my knitting stuff over at Ravelry.
For those of you who aren’t knitters, Ravelry is this new site still in beta where you can catalog projects you’ve knit and are knitting as well as your yarn stash and things you want to knit.
It began with the organizing of my queue – things I am planning to knit. I put all of the patterns I already have yarn for at the top. The theory is, if I see them first, I will want to knit them rather than shop for new projects. Indeed.
After that, I updated all of my stash data. Don’t ask how many miles of yarn I own. Actually, it’s a humble stash compared to many. And everything is tagged with a specific purpose. Just saying…
Then I started entering old projects. I didn’t make a separate entry for all of them. Back in the beginning, I did a lot of experimenting, making wool diaper covers for Ben. I grouped them in the year that I made them by what type of yarn I used. The later ones – which were much better and much prettier – got entries of their own.
My first two projects after I learned how to knit – wool soakers. I’ve come along way, baby!
All said and done, I have 90 projects entered on Ravelry. That means, I’ve knit 90+ items in the [almost] four years since I learned how to knit. Wow!
Something else I learned [or was reminded of]? I began St. Brigid by Alice Starmore at the very end of March 2007. I finished knitting the pieces this week, and as we speak, they are all blocking downstairs in the guest bedroom. Once they dry, I will just need to seam them together and do the ribbing on the collar. My goal was to finish by the end of the month. Now it is to finish before the anniversary of when I cast on. Totally doable.
Some say Ravelry just makes you spend more money on yarn because you see all sorts of things you want to knit. The silly thing I’ve discovered? Finishing things and starting projects from my stash is just as fun as buying new yarn. And now that I’ve got it all organized, I know what I have to choose from. Such fun!
You sound like me with my lists 🙂